I personally wouldn't feel safe sitting in a ground blind on Public land that didn't have blaze orange on it. The deer don't see colors like us, what they see most is movement. A blind no matter what color it has on it prevents them from seeing your movement. Besides, blaze orange camouflage blends in pretty well to the autumn leaves, not surprising since a lot of them are shades of orange. Athough, if it's voluntary then natural selection will takes it's course in due time LOL!

I have been wearing orange from the first day I started hunting deer or other critters. I also pet several pieces of orange tape on my ladder stand as well as my ground blind. I want people to know where I am. I keep my orange on from the time I get out of my truck untill I get back in. MsB I dont like stories of legal hunters damn near being shot because folks dont know the difference between orange and brown fur. Glad nothing happened. Folks like that probley look down the borrow to see if a firearm is loaded. John

John
U.S. Army Retired and Proud American
Black Water Hunting Club
" BUY AMERICAN "

I think it is a good idea. With undulating hills, and ravines, and what not, it is can be very difficult to determine if another hunter is in your line of fire.

The hunter across the way from me has a blind and he has an orange jacket nailed to his blind.
It flaps all kind of crazy in the wind. He has no porblem getting deer. I would think a nive blaze orange camo pattern all over a blind would not affect the taking of a deer.

"Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther."

I teach Hunter Ed and we tell our students that even though it is not not mandatory here in Missouri that they should put some sort of orange on their ground blind, or next to it wrapped around a tree. I personnaly carry a cheap Hunter Orange vest to wrap around a Tree. It has helped my find my blind on some early mornings. Even Orange Flagging tape is better than nothing.

When we take youth out on Mentored hunts, we make them and their chaperon where Orange to the field and back when it is not mandatory IE Turkey Season. We make sure there is Orange someplace in the immediate facility of the Blind. If they harvest a Turkey, we make them wrap the turkey in Orange before taking it out of the field.

Most of these blinds are made my Ameristep and if you go to their web site they offer either Blaze Orange, Camo Orange or White Rain caps for most of their pop up blinds.